spicy cream cheese pastry

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Ingredients

  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons ground cayenne
  • 1 cup unsalted butter, chilled
  • 6 ounces cream cheese, room temperature

How To Make spicy cream cheese pastry

  • Step 1
    In a bowl, combine the flour, salt, and cayenne pepper and stir together.
  • Step 2
    Using a pastry blender or two knives, cut in the butter and cream cheese to form a soft dough.
  • Step 3
    Alternatively, combine the dry ingredients in a food processor.
  • Step 4
    Add the butter and cream cheese and process with short pulses until the dough just sicks together.
  • Step 5
    Gather the dough into a ball, enclose in plastic wrap or waxed paper, and chill for at leat 30 minutes or for up to several hours.
  • Step 6
    Makes top crust for 1 large pot pie, or 3 individual ones.

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